Study areas are for collaboration between students, brainstorming…quiet??? As far as food and drink, as long as drink has a cap and food contained, what’s the problem? I agree with previous post “a lot of no”…

I like having staff with a welcoming knowledgeable demeanor , but I -do– have a problem with people begin unwilling to stop eating long enough to go to the library. That’s why I chose the sobriquet…of what I am. I have wasted so much time cleaning off computers which has food spilled on them, cleaning up and trying to preserve valuable published works that someone just could not use with chowing down, etc.

If you want to act as if you are at home, stay home. This is a professional workplace, not a living room. If that means we get less users then so be it. I agree with poster AbbyC. In 5 or 10 years, will we provide beds for people who want to read in bed? Geez.

I don’t really think is for the other students…but for the librarians and most likely maintenance staff. I work in an academic library where we do ask people to keep their voices down but we are food and drink friendly. That way people feel comfortable to spend all day at my library instead of Starbucks or even the Law School Café.

I also find handing cards to people somewhat passive aggressive. If you have rules and policies, just enforce them. Tell people. Make good signage. No need to slip little messages to folks.

I believe the cards are a way of trying to be creative. I work in an academic library and we are having much trouble keeping the noise level down. We have had students leave because they cannot study – and we do have Group Quiet Study Rooms. We haven’t found the answer yet either. Don’t want to be shhhh’ing people. But, it seems when you draw a line, people step over it. Drinks allowed becomes cardboard trays of Dunkin Donuts coffee being carried in…you get the point. The carpets and furniture are starting to look pretty bad. I think we need to be clear, consistent and persistent about enforcing loudness.